Filming for Tibet

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New York, June 5, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists
welcomes the release today of Tibetan documentary filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen,
who was jailed in China in 2008 for shooting the film, "Leaving Fear Behind," which documents conditions faced
by Tibetans under Chinese rule. Wangchen
was released from prison in Qinghai's provincial capital, Xining, today, but
faces an unspecified term of deprivation of political rights, according to Wangpo
Tethong, a member of the Switzerland-based Tibetan film company Filming
for Tibet who spoke to CPJ.

Worldwide tally reaches highest point since CPJ began
surveys in 1990. Governments use charges of terrorism, other anti-state offenses
to silence critical voices. Turkey is the world’s worst jailer. A CPJ special report